Unhealthy Health Care
While many people turn on their auto-response when they hear the phrase “universal health care,” I would like to offer a follow-up to The Camo’s discussion from last week. Whether you find yourself automatically a proponent or enemy of the concept (whether we have a true grasp of what it means or not), there are a few things far scarier than the government reforming our failing health care system:
- You or a family member dying because you could not afford proper health care, and
- Learning that the free market does not always have the motivators in place for insurance companies to break from the pack and do what’s morally right for consumers (read: removing rescission from their arsenal).
A recent PBS Frontline program covered both these travesties.
If you’re already convinced that an overhaul of our health care system is to be feared, not welcomed, then I implore you to watch Frontline’s Sick Around America to learn about some of the 46 million Americans who the system fails to cover (yes, that’s roughly 15% of citizens living in the greatest economic powerhouse in human history). They represent a large cross-section of the population and in these worsening economy conditions, they could easily be representing you and me.
- Matt
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